Machine Shop

Here are some pics of a 2.3 liter SOHC (single overhead cam) Ford Ranger engine that came in for machine work. We began with thermal cleaning & shotblasting the block so we could get a good magnaflux inspection for cracks. We then align honed the housing bore so the main bearings set true & straight [...]

Here are some before & after pics of a 1955 Avanti 259 cubic inch Studebaker engine block. The block came in for a hot tank cleaning & the cylinders to be bored & honed for new oversize pistons. After a day & a half in the hot tank it was clear that the block [...]

Here are some pics of some tubular exhaust manifolds for a 944 Porsche. Our customer wanted them cleaned inside & out, checked out & ceramic coated. So we thermal cleaned them in our oven & then shotblasted them down to the raw cast iron metal. After they checked out good with no cracks they were [...]

Here’s some pics of some machining jobs we have in for the engine machine shop department. The two cylinder heads are both Cummins diesel 6.7 liter inline six cylinders. One is off of a 2018 Dodge truck & the other one is a mystery at the moment. They are both getting a valve job and [...]

Here's some pics of a Caterpillar 16M grader axle & lean arm on our Rottler EM105H Multipurpose CNC boring & milling machine getting machined back to specs. The Axle is getting it's end surfaces milled flat & square with a heavy duty shell mill. The lean arm is getting the bores bored with the RAD [...]

Here are some pics of a two stroke cylinder, or jug, for a 1996 Yamaha YZ125 that came in for machining. This cylinder was originally a plated, or Nikasil, jug but it has been previously machined for a conventional press-in sleeve. The bore was scored and needing to be bored & honed to the next [...]

Here are some before & after pics of some cast iron & aluminum cylinder heads we had in for machining. The two cast iron heads are 350 Chevy Vortec heads that both magnafluxed good with no visual cracks. The surfaces were both warped & required milling the decks square & flat. The aluminum head is [...]

Here are some pics of a blade hanger we reconditioned. The piece is labeled as a bracket by Caterpillar with part number 478-8991. The blade, or moldboard, on an 18M grader hang from this bracket. The rectangular shaped slots house brass wear shims which the blade, or moldboard, slide in. We first machine the three [...]

Here are some pics of some parts we've been machining & working on for the Speed UTV's. We have come up with our own version of a manual alternator belt tensioner. We only have a couple hundred miles on it right now but so far it appears to be holding up well & the belt [...]

Here are some before, during & after pics of an old cast iron water pump we rebuilt. The water pump is a 1930 Dodge Brothers. When we got the pump all disassembled we found the housing to be extremely pitted & corroded. The shaft of the pump was also badly pitted & corroded. We machined [...]